http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com A blog about raising money online for charitable causes, social media fundraising, and other nonprofit fundraising ideas from Firstgiving.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-post-event-fundraising-tips-to-your-blog/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-post-event-fundraising-tips-to-your-blog/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5587 Our friends at Carolina Canines for Service are getting ready for their annual fundraising walk, the 2010 Walk for Those Who Can’t. They’ve set up a great blog to provide information to their community of supporters, including information about how to make the most of a FirstGiving page. Here’s one post they put together about how [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-post-event-fundraising-tips-to-your-blog/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-12-increase-event-registrations-by-starting-early/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-12-increase-event-registrations-by-starting-early/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5579 Our friends at Climate Cycle are living out their mission to promote “Clean Energy in Motion” by starting registration early for their 2010 Solar Schools fundraising ride: This announcement appears front and center in their newsletter, and points event participants to Climate Cycle’s FirstGiving page to register for the event: By starting to talk about the fundraising [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-12-increase-event-registrations-by-starting-early/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/fundraising-strategy-opportunity-through-northeasterns-nonprofit-management-program/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/fundraising-strategy-opportunity-through-northeasterns-nonprofit-management-program/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:47:42 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5524 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/fundraising-strategy-opportunity-through-northeasterns-nonprofit-management-program/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:30 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5499 Our friends at Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) are masters of community building around fundraising events. They’re running their annual walk in June, and they didn’t want a conflict with the event date to stop their supporters from being part of it. For people who are unable to make the event, the folks at RSDSA [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:20 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5448 For the past ten years, Haiti Lumiere de Demain has been supporting educational and environmental opportunities for people living on the Haitian island of La Gonave. Last year, their programs served over 6,000 students in 19 schools. Then last month, life changed. 6 of the 19 schools, serving approximately 2,000 students, were destroyed by the earthquake [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:00:38 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5466 Our friends at Bright Hope have a 5K fundraising run and walk coming up in May. Since participants are going to register for the event and create fundraising pages from Bright Hope’s FirstGiving page, they’ve clearly displayed all the event information there: On their FirstGiving page, Bright Hope provides: The event name and date Registration costs [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/nominate-your-nonprofits-video-for-a-dogooder-award-and-win-2500/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/nominate-your-nonprofits-video-for-a-dogooder-award-and-win-2500/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:17:50 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5458 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/nominate-your-nonprofits-video-for-a-dogooder-award-and-win-2500/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:38:58 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5453 Our Facebook application, Fundraising, was down earlier this week but has been fixed, thanks to our stellar tech team.  To use it and add your FirstGiving page to your profile right now, go to the Facebook app. Thank you for your patience, and happy fundraising! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinefundraisingblog.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ffirstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running%2F'; addthis_title = [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/firstgivings-facebook-application-is-up-and-running/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:16 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5434 Russ Smith was an avid athlete in high school and continued to enjoy sports through college and after graduation. Then, in 2002, life for Russ changed. He began to experience knee pain and went in for what should have been routine surgery. There were complications, and his knee eventually became completely immobilized. Russ was subsequently admitted [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-russ-smith-for-team-race-for-rehab/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:00:30 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5401 Our friends at the Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) are using their annual fundraising walk/run as an opportunity to create stronger ties in their community: This year, the folks at STAP have partnered with their local YMCA to provide a free 1-year family membership to each of the top three fundraising teams. What’s more, they’re giving [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:03:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5396 In a continuing effort to make raising money online simple and effective for our partners, we have made several new customized editing features available in your account area. Now, you can: Edit your event information. Change or update the following: Event name Description Location Contact person at your organization Custom images   Edit your “About my nonprofit” text. Copy the mission statement from [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/02-18-2010-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/its-not-too-late-to-run-boston/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/its-not-too-late-to-run-boston/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:21:16 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5394 If you’ve been on the fence about running the 2010 Boston Marathon or trying to find a number, here’s your chance! Our friends at Horizons for Homeless Children now have two more bib numbers available. For more information, please contact Events Manager Alisha Atlas-Corbett at 617.445.1480 or by email at aatlascorbett(at)horizonsforhomelesschildren.org. addthis_url [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/its-not-too-late-to-run-boston/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:27 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5374 Our friends at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been very busy supporting Haiti disaster relief efforts over the past few weeks. In the wake of so much need, the IRC knows that when people give, they often wish they could do even more to help. So, in addition to asking their supporters for donations, they’ve [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:59 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5343 We recently caught up with Patrick McCrann, leader of the “Run for Haiti” project.  It’s a team of athletes working together to raise money online for Haiti disaster relief efforts, and they’ve raised over $29,000 in just 4 days. How did they do it? Not only did Patrick raise money online; he challenged his personal network [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:40 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5345 Our friends at Teen Futures know how to mobilize grassroots support from their community. They’ve teamed up with the Pasadena Marathon to give their supporters the opportunity to run for a reason. What’s more, the folks at Teen Futures created this simple YouTube video to help their runners, walkers, and bikers start raising money online right [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:07 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5334 Our friends at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) are getting the ball rolling early for their annual fundraising walk. Last year they exceeded their goals, thanks to their committed support community, and this year, they are setting the bar even higher. The folks at BARCC know that setting the right expectations and good communication [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:41 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5306 Many of us think of a marathon as a long way to run. And it’s true, 26.2 miles is a long way. But Abe Clark is planning on running 2862 miles – all the way across the USA – alone and unsupported. It is a monumental goal and one that has only [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:44:38 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5298 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:37:09 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5290 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5262 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: it’s incredibly heartening to see how quickly FirstGivers are responding to support Haiti disaster relief efforts. This story just in from 5 year-old Lily’s mom: When I told my daughter about the earthquake in Haiti and told her that they would need lots of help, she asked, “what [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/feed/ 0